Citation

Arun M, Kumar RH, Kumar GP, Chandrakanth H, Nagesh K, Menezes RG. Med. Leg. J. 2013; 81(Pt 3): 132-134.

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, JSS Medical College, JSS University, Mysore, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Medico-Legal Society, Publisher SAGE Publications)

DOI

10.1177/0025817213498196

PMID

24057313

Abstract

Death due to strangulation is generally considered homicidal unless proved otherwise. Here a case of accidental strangulation by a faulty machine is presented and discussed where the deceased was strangled by a heated rubber belt of a rice mill machine. The ligature mark was an assortment of abrasion and dermo-epidermal burns. The term "thermal ligature strangulation" is proposed for such an occurrence.

Language: en